Birdsville to Port Augusta in 3 weeks time.....

Hi Stephen

Just two quick questions
Is the BP at Lyndhurst still operating and does the pub sell ulp or just diesel ?

New bullbar looks great

Cheers Teza

Hi Teza

Yes the BP on the Main Road is still operating, but the Lyndhurst Pub only sells diesel. When we were speaking to the owner, he was saying that he sells very large quantities of it because of the price. I can not confirm the price in Innamincka at the moment, but he was saying it was $2.10 per litre.

The bull bar is great and the very first thing that we noticed when in the Simpson is that the bar did not bottom out on some of the dunes like the standard bar that broke off.


Cheers


Stephen

Cheers Stephen


Many thanks for that.

Cheers Teza

Sounds about right for Innamincka, lets charge way more than anyone else and then add 10c.

Mungeranie is a good place to stop for a beer, I prefer having a beer with Phil to sitting in the Birdsville pub.

Or better still pop into Mungerranie and have a beer and burger, support the people out there. At the end of the day you might spend a few extra dollars in fuel.
MM

Hi MM

Mungeranie is a top spot for sure and there is a lot to see and do there and would never drive past without stopping.

My dig about the fuel prices is purely aimed at both William Creek and Marree who are cashing in on the very high numbers of tourist that are heading that way to see Lake Eyre.

One local here in Clare went up there last year for a plane ride and had a puncture at William Creek. Asking can it be repaired the answer was yes and paid the $50 to have it repaired up front. So what happened next the guy comes out with a tyre repair kit, does not even take the tyre off of the vehicle and inserts a string repair. Now if that is not being Ned Kelly, what is. The price of the string would have only been in the cents.

Even when we did our recent trip up the Birdsville Track we came across two vehicles about an hours drive south of Birdsville. They were in a real state, not having any puncture repair kit and having already punctured their only spare. So what did I do, told them not to worry, flicked my bonnet and using my under bonnet pump, pumped up his front flat tyre, found where the puncture was, got my tyre repair kit out of the car, fitted a string in the whole, checked for leaks and were on our way again in less that 10 minutes, What did I charge, nothing and this is what you do, help others out when they need it and not taking advantage of their situation.

Go out that way when things are normal and the price of fuel is never that dear.


Cheers


Stephen

Lyndhurst Pub might have the cheapest fuel in the area but we got charged $1 for using EFTPOS. I wrote to the publican via email and gave him a serve and got his hackles up big time.....lol

You are a good lad helping those unfortunates, Stephen L

Hi SIF4X4

Either you were unlucky or we were lucky, but on our recent trip up and back on the Birdsville Track, we were not charged any fee for using EFTPOS at the Lyndhurst Pub.

I would hope that any decent person coming across anyone in this situation would do exactly what we did.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi Joe
Are you going to the gathering at Silverton while you are down that way?
Cheers Ray

All done at short notice but will look into that ....... interesting
Thanks Ray

Ray, is that the "Silverton" NSW, near Broken Hill ????
I did look at the "trips/gatherings" but it actually did not give away to much details as to locations, other than names, maybe something admin could look at it as it is written as if i would already know know locations...
Cheers
Joe

Hi Joe
Sorry it took so long to reply, but yes that is Silverton near Broken Hill, so not that far from where you'll be.
Maybe we will see you there? Enjoy your trip anyway
Cheers Ray